This enables the measuring accuracy of the blood pressure watch to be increased by more than 70 per cent. Clinical trials of the device are currently under way. The first measurements have already been taken in parallel with a catheter procedure - with very promising results.
After menopause, a woman's risk of high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases increases greatly; the risk increases significantly faster for women after hysterectomy, perhaps because the uterus produces chemicals that help regulate blood pressure.
Where there is no specific cause, high blood pressure is referred to by doctors as primary or essential hypertension. Factors that can raise your risk of developing primary hypertension include: 1  age â the risk of developing high blood pressure increases as you get older.